People aren't born to be high-performing leaders; instead, they need to learn to develop the time-proven characteristics of great leadership. Leadership When the Heat's On shows you how to acquire these characteristics, motivate your people, and achieve remarkable results across your organization-particularly during times of change and stress.

This quick-hitting, hands-on rulebook is chock-full of hard-won advice and action steps for keeping your cool under pressure and inspiring incredible performance from your team. You'll see how to:

Start turning problems into opportunities that can enhance your career

Practice “humanagement”-using the job to develop the person while having fun in the process

Overcome your team's roadblocks to goal achievement

Develop an organization with free-flowing, two-way communication, from top-to-bottom

Know the signs of low morale, take immediate action to counteract the causes, and make strategic plans to keep spirits from falling again

Encourage inspired thinking by relaxing old rules of conformity and publicly recognizing new ideasLeadership When the Heat's On prepares you to meet all leadership challenges, whether anticipated or unexpected.

Stepping Up to the “New Normal”
This program allows viewers to recognize what is the "new normal" for these times of reduced resources and aging assets. It will allow for individuals to identify tools for managing political egos and to develop strategies for managing teams in the "new normal" and see them applied in real life situations.

Developing and Utilizing a Strategic Plan
This program Identifies strategic thinking and planning processes for a public works department. It presents a specific vision of what your firm will look like in the future and will show you how to design a step-by-step process for writing a strategic plan.

The Power of Management Innovation
This publication is a clear roadmap for combining leadership passion for creating growth and profitability (quality of management) and the effective deployment of resources for accelerating growth (management capital) which is the formula for thriving in the 21st century.